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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1909
Page
4
In a Paris room, Dupin and the narrator debate the mystery of the Rue Morgue killings. They analyze voices, motives, and the escape routes, focusing on hidden window mechanisms and a concealed spring to explain how the culprits fled unseen.
An editorial extols the home mission council's plan to investigate poverty and vice as root causes of social ills. It argues poverty, not inherent vice, fuels crime and misery, urging scrutiny of economic systems and monopolies and predicting shocks to entrenched power while hoping investigators pursue truth.
Hair Oil Harry describes a reckless joy ride with friends in which they derail a street car dodge bicycle cops and stomp a milk wagon. He recalls a car crash near a lamp post and a woman’s shawl on the axle while joking about funeral plans and future chances with new material.
A fragmented collection of historical recipes describes Pineapple Pie with a pineapple meringue topping and Gumbo Soup with chicken and bacon. Instructions mix vinegar, pineapple, butter, sugar, and eggs for dessert, while savory Gumbo uses onion, okra, oysters, and boiled rice, simmered with chicken and bacon.
The article notes US capital in Mexico averaged 126 million dollars, mentions a tall stack of 72 inches by 106 feet weighing 18 to 20 tons at Crocker Wheeler in Ampere New Jersey, and cites a 25 year rise in average male life expectancy from 41.9 to 43.9 years based on life insurance surveys.
Tickets for spring sale westbound via Oregon A. B. Nav igation Company offered from Chicago at 33 dollars with connections to St. Louis Omaha Kansas City St. Paul and Missouri river points at 25 dollars. Deposits taken at Union Ticket Office 608 West Ave Wilis Geni Agent.
A collage of quips and vignettes from Humorous column satire. Jabs at trains fashion society and carpentry collide with brief jokes about couples, water, woodwork, and elegant misfires. An eclectic sampler from 19th century humor pages shows playful wordplay and social jests.
A brief note profiles Chinese residents in Melbourne including Tick a carpenter Ling a fish hawker Leek a fruit vendor and Wah Shing a popular laundryman. It mentions Tick’s shop with Cash on delivery and recalls a court witness who loudly proclaimed the name Won Lung.
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